Prevention

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in August published a statement regarding the initiation of statin therapy for the primary prevention of atherosclerotic CVD.

The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness exceeded its goal of 5 million eye tests pledged by World Sight Day, the group announced on its website.

More than 40 years ago, on June 5, 1981, a report of five cases of Pneumocystis pneumonia among young men in Los Angeles marked the first account of what would come to be called AIDS.

Asundexian on top of dual antiplatelet therapy successfully reduced factor XIa activity after acute MI and stroke with no excess bleeding risk, two speakers reported.

Among patients with CAD, P2Y12 monotherapy was superior to aspirin monotherapy for prevention of CV death, MI and stroke, according to an individual patient data meta-analysis presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.

In recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day, HHS announced it is awarding $79.1 million in overdose prevention grants as a part of President Joe Biden’s National Drug Control Strategy.

More adults with type 2 diabetes achieved guideline-recommended strategies for stroke prevention in 2018 compared with 2001, but further improvements are needed, according to study findings published in Diabetes Care.

The AMA has developed a toolkit to help health care professionals increase routine screenings for infectious diseases like STIs, HIV, latent TB and viral hepatitis, according to a press release.

The Women’s Preventive Services Initiative — or WPSI — issued new guidelines for preventing weight gain in women aged 40 to 60 years.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Look beyond the ABCs, toward diversity, respect and health equity, to improve prevention cardiology for the future, a speaker said at the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD Prevention.